President Moon Urges Churches to Set an Example in Quarantine Measures

Protestant Leaders Invited to Blue House Meeting
Request for Cooperation Amid Church-Originated COVID-19 Resurgence

President Moon Jae-in is speaking at a meeting with leaders of the Korean Protestant Church held at the main building of the Blue House on the 27th.
President Moon urged the church to actively cooperate with the government's quarantine efforts to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

President Moon Jae-in met with leaders of the Korean church and urged them to set an example in quarantine measures amid the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) situation.

On the morning of the 27th, President Moon held a "Meeting with Korean Church Leaders" at the Blue House and delivered this message. He expressed gratitude for the Korean church's cooperation with government quarantine guidelines, such as conducting non-face-to-face worship services, and for their continuous efforts in managing their own quarantine measures. He also asked the Christian community to unite their will to overcome the crisis of renewed infection spread.

This was a message expressing concern about some churches defying government policies by insisting on holding in-person worship services. In particular, President Moon emphasized that if social distancing levels are raised due to the spread of infection, the damage to our economy would be immeasurable, employment would collapse, and great difficulties would arise in the lives of the people.

President Moon pointed out that a momentary lapse in vigilance must never lead to all the efforts so far, including the globally recognized K-quarantine, going to waste.

In this regard, President Moon noted that quarantine is facing a severe turning point as confirmed cases have sharply increased recently, especially in the metropolitan area, and explained that the government plans to respond firmly to actions that violate quarantine rules or spread false information, with the safety of the people as the top priority.

Furthermore, President Moon asked Korean church leaders to share courage and pray to comfort the people exhausted by COVID-19 and to unite the hearts of the nation.

Meanwhile, the meeting was attended by Kim Tae-young, Ryu Jeong-ho, and Moon Soo-seok, co-representatives of the Korea Christian Federation, and Lee Hong-jung, general secretary of the National Council of Churches in Korea. This is the second time since his inauguration that President Moon has invited Protestant leaders for a meeting, following July 3 of last year. On the 20th, President Moon also invited Catholic leaders, including Cardinal Yeom Soo-jung, to the Blue House for lunch.

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